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Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf Calves Giant Iceberg

Earth Science Division Editorial Team

Mar 04, 2020
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These images show D28, an iceberg estimated to weigh 315 billion tons (286 billion metric tons), before and after it broke free from Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf and drifted into the Southern Ocean. Roughly the size of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, D28 is the largest iceberg to calve from the ice shelf since the 1960s. Images taken by Landsat 8. Source: U.S. Geological Survey’s National Land Imaging Image Collections
These images show D28, an iceberg estimated to weigh 315 billion tons (286 billion metric tons), before and after it broke free from Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf and drifted into the Southern Ocean. Roughly the size of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, D28 is the largest iceberg to calve from the ice shelf since the 1960s. Images taken by Landsat 8. Source: U.S. Geological Survey’s National Land Imaging Image Collections

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Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf Calves Giant Iceberg

Sept. 12, 2019 - Oct. 14, 2019

These images show D28, an iceberg estimated to weigh 315 billion tons (286 billion metric tons), before and after it broke free from Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf and drifted into the Southern Ocean. Roughly the size of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, D28 is the largest iceberg to calve from the ice shelf since the 1960s. Images taken by Landsat 8. Source: U.S. Geological Survey’s National Land Imaging Image Collections

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